#Prigozhin #Shoigu argue over ammunition

Dear Evgeny Viktorovich, hello!
After your long interview in which you once again announced a shortage of ammunition, an alleged response of the Russian Ministry of Defense to your letter to Defense Minister S. Shoigu.

It follows from the published document that in April of this year, Wagner PMC allegedly received several tens of thousands of shells of various types.
Please comment, is this a real document or a fake, and if real, then what is it – an illustration of your words about the general lies and bureaucracy in the army, or a calculation that the public cannot understand?

We publish a comment by Evgeny Prigozhin:

“I can’t say anything about the authenticity of these documents. I did not receive such documents. Assuming that these documents are authentic, if they are stolen from the Ministry of Defense, then this is a tragedy. If they are merged, then this is called high treason. And then it becomes clear why we have a lot of problems at the front. If we take the figures from these documents, which at first glance may seem large, and calculate the volume of tasks assigned to PMC Wagner, it becomes obvious that these numbers are many times less than what is required to complete the tasks.

The Document:

PMC representative

Senior task force – A.N. TROSHEV (for E.V. PRIGOGIN)

In connection with the appeal of E.V. Prigozhin to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation on behalf of I inform you.

According to E.V. Prigogine Supreme to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation dated April 15, 2023 on the issue of providing ammunition to complete the capture of the city of Bakhmut, you received in April:

120 mm HE rounds for “Sani” 10000 pcs., 152 mm rounds for <> – 4000 pcs., 122 mm HE shots for “Gvozdika” – 9000 pcs., 125 mm HE tank shots 3800 pcs., 100 mm HE rounds for MT-12 – 1723 pcs., 40 mm fragmentation rounds for RPG-7 4000 pcs., 40 mm thermobaric rounds for RPG-7 – 4000 pcs., 122 mm RS for MLRS “Grad” – 6000 pcs., 152 mm rounds for “Hyacinth” – 1500 pcs., 220 mm PC for MLRS “Uragan” 100 pcs., anti-tank guided missiles for “Metis” – 652 pcs., “Fagot” – 300 pcs., <> – 50 pcs., 152 mm shots “Krasnopol-M2” – 30 pcs., 152 mm shots to D-1 – 4728 pcs.

You still have to get: 100 mm HE shots for MT-12 – 777 pcs., 120 mm cumulative rounds for “Nona” – 3640 pcs., 152 MM rounds for D-1 – 272 pcs.

At the same time, I inform you that in accordance with your request No. 3/4/5498 of April 23, 2023, the following number of missiles and ammunition has been allocated to the VPU for the period from May 1 to May 10, 2023:

according to the allocated limit in full:

23 mm cartridges for ZU-23 – 29400 pcs., 30 mm cartridges for 2A42 – 26600 pcs., 40 mm rounds for GP-25 – 1880 pcs., 40 mm rounds for RPG-7 14140 pcs., 57 mm rounds for S-60 – 2330 pcs., – 73 mm rounds for SPG-9 – 830 pcs., 73 mm rounds for BMP-1 2660 pcs., 82 mm fragmentation mines – 29490 pcs. ., 100 mm shots to – BMP-3 120 pcs., 122 mm shots to “Gvozdika” 3300 pcs., 125 mm tank shots – 1950 pcs., 152 mm UAS <<Krasnopol-M2″ – 30 pcs., 152 mm 1670 shots for Msta, 350 240 mm shots for Tyulpan, 90 Fagot ATGMs,

ATGM <<Metis” – 40 pcs., ATGM “Kornet” – 70 pcs. not limited by the established resource in full:

offensive hand grenades – 8600 pcs., defensive hand grenades 20800 pcs., cartridges for small arms – 6,078,770 pcs. ., 122 mm smoke shots for D-30 – 560 pcs., 122 mm lighting shots for D-30 – 360 pcs.

not in full:

30 mm shots for AGS-17-8000 pcs.

It is not possible to distinguish reactive anti-tank grenades, 100 mm HE rounds for MT-12, 115 mm rounds for U-5TS, 120 mm rounds for Nona, 152 mm HE rounds for D-1, 240 mm Daredevil rounds for ” Tulip”, 120 mm rounds for the Sleigh, 122 mm PC for the Grad MLRS, 152 mm rounds for the Akatsiya, 152 mm rounds for the Hyacinth, 220 mm RS for the Hurricane MLRS.

Means of destruction according to the calculation-distribution are prepared for issuance.

Head of the Rocket and Artillery Service of the Joint Group of Troops (Forces), Colonel

April 29, 2023

A. Volkov